1st Edition
Sharing Our Intellectual Traces Narrative Reflections from Administrators of Professional, Technical, and Scientific Programs
Foreword: Understanding the Power of Narrative in Shaping a Field
Kirk St.Amant
CHAPTER 1. Introduction: We Are the Stories We Tell
Tracy Bridgeford, Karla Saari Kitalong, and Bill Williamson
CHAPTER 2. Tracing the Intellectual Trajectories of Professional/ Technical/Scientific Communication: A Roundtable Perspective from Seven CPTSC Past Presidents
Deborah Andrews, Stephen A. Bernhardt, Kelli Cargile Cook, Jeff Grabill, Bruce Maylath, Dan Riordan, and Stuart S. Selber
CHAPTER 3. Program Assessment: A Passion and Palimpsest
Nancy W. Coppola
CHAPTER 4. Establishing an Outcomes Statement for Technical Communication
K. Alex Ilyasova and Tracy Bridgeford
CHAPTER 5. A Tale of Trust and Techne: Building Relationships and Building Programs
James M. Dubinsky
CHAPTER 6. Leaders Becoming Transformed
Meg Morgan
CHAPTER 7. The Challenges of Offering a Technical Writing Program in a 2-Year College
Ritu Raju
CHAPTER 8. Globalizing Technical Communication Programs: A Diachronic Perspective
Laurence José
CHAPTER 9. Users, Not Solutions, First: Problem-Solving for Program Administrators
M. Ann Brady and Karla Saari Kitalong
CHAPTER 10. Intersections Between a Technical Communication Program and an Engineering Department
Julie Dyke Ford
CHAPTER 11. Expertise in Professional Communication as a Catalyst of WAC/WID Administration Success
Pavel Zemliansky
CHAPTER 12: Curricular Challenges of Emphasis Degrees in Technical and Professional Communication
Lisa Meloncon
CHAPTER 13: Afterword: 40 Years of Stories from Technical Communication Program Administrators
Karla Saari Kitalong
Meet the Contributors
Index
Biography
Tracy Bridgeford, Karla Saari Kitalong, Bill Williamson
